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Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm serves as Deputy President of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. Sir Chisholm served as President of the Electrical Engineering and Technology Association. He served as Chief Executive Officer of QinetiQ Limited and QinetiQ Group plc from 1991 to September 2005. Sir Chisholm started his career as a graduate apprentice with General Motors before joining Scicon Ltd., the computing consultancy arm of BP, in 1969. He served as Managing ... Director of Sema Group plc. He specialized in the application of computer systems to physical processes and served as a Senior Manager until 1979 to form the start up CAP Scientific Ltd., where he served as Managing Director. He guided DERA through its launch into the commercial world as QinetiQ PLC in July 2001. Sir Chisholm has an extensive knowledge of Defence and Security Technology markets. Sir Chisholm served as the Chairman of the Board of QinetiQ Group Plc until February 28th 2010. He serves as Chairman of the Medical Research Council and QinetiQ Group Plc. He serves as Chairman of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). He served as an Executive Chairman of Qinetiq Inc. from September 2005 to October 2006. He served as a Director of QinetiQ Limited. He served as a Non-Executive Director of QinetiQ Group Plc until February 28th 2010. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Consort Medical plc (formerly Bespak Plc) from September 1999 to September 2005. He served as Director of CAP Group plc. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Expro International Group Plc since 1994. He was a founder member of the UK Government's Technology Foresight programme. Sir Chisholm is a frequent speaker on change management, technology and Defence science issues. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Institute of Physics. Sir Chisholm completed his studies in Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge University. He was knighted in 1999.

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